2007 Flood
Eric Crump, Chris Allen and Rachel Harper
In an event reminiscent of the great flood of 1993, area rivers spilled over their banks, topped levees and sent volunteers scrambling to hold back the onslaught.
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Grand Pass farmer Don Arth shows the temporary lake setting atop several thousand acres of cropland in the Grand Pass bottoms. The area was flooded Tuesday afternoon, May 8, after several breaches occurred in secondary levees. The main levee protecting area homes, shown immediately behind Arth, was holding up well Thursday morning, he said.
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Jason Hilbrenner catches a sandbag tossed by Robin Kalthoff as the two attempt to shore up a secondary levee near Grand Pass Tuesday, May 8.
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Missouri River flood water gushes over a secondary levee north of Malta Bend Tuesday, May 8.
(Chris Allen/Democrat-News)
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Debris sails past this sign at the Grand Pass Conservation Area on the flooded Missouri River Tuesday, May 8.
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Jason Hilbrenner places a sandbag on a secondary levee near Grand Pass Tuesday morning, May 8.
(Eric Crump/Democrat-News)
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